Order of Benjamin January Books

Benjamin January is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Barbara Hambly. Benjamin January is a mixed race man who has freed from slavery when he was a child by his mother’s love. He lived in France for a time, where he trained as a surgeon, but can’t get much work in the field due to his skin-colour. Now he lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he works as a piano player. The series is set in the early part of the 19th century, prior to the Civil War.

Barbara Hambly began her Benjamin January series in 1997 with the novel A Free Man of Color. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January books in order of when they were originally released (which is the same as their chronological order):

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Benjamin January Synopsis: In A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly (book 1 of the series), Ben January is a Creole physician and music teacher. He is playing piano at Salle d’Orleans during Mardi Gras when the night is interrupted by murder. Angelique Crozat has been strangled to death. Authorities are not interested in investigating the octoroon’s death, so Ben decides to do his own investigation. But it won’t be long before there are those who suspect Ben – a free man of colour – of the murder.

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